Gilberto Câmara (born 29 March 1956) is a Brazilian
computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science.
Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...
and is currently serving as the Secretariat Director for th
Group on Earth Observations(GEO). He is a former director of Brazil's
National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (from 2006 to 2013). He was head of INPE's
Image Processing
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Division from 1991 to 1996 and Director for Earth Observation from 2001 to 2005.
He is a researcher in the areas of
Geographical Information Science,
Spatial Databases, Spatial Analysis and
Environmental Modelling. Gilberto is the principal investigator on the area of Spatial Databases and Spatial Environmental Models in the
GEOMA research network for Environmental Modelling of Amazonia. He is responsible for setting up data policies for
CBERS images in Brazil and abroad, and for creating INPE's Remote Sensing Data Center, which has put 30 years of imagery on-line. He was also responsible for setting up a system for real-time detection of deforestation in Amazonia and for making PRODES
deforestation
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maps available on the Internet.
He is a professor in INPE's graduate programs in
remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an physical object, object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring inform ...
and computer science, a member of Scientific Steering Committee of the
Global Land Project and of the editorial board of the
Journal of Earth Science Informatics. In 2011, he received an honorary doctorate from the
University of Münster.
[ University of Münster: Pressemitteilung]
''Münstersche Geowissenschaftler verleihen Ehrendoktorwürde an Dr. Gilberto Câmara''
28 April 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
References
Further reading
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External links
Personal homepage
1956 births
Living people
People from Fortaleza
Brazilian scientists
Geographic information scientists
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